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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From Putting People First
Sensemaking
Jon Kolko was one of the speakers yesterday at the Design Research Society conference in Montreal, Canada. His presentation addressed Sensemaking – the manner in...
From The Eponymous Pickle
MRI Scanning Worlds
This article in Mind Hacks hit home, last year I experienced an MRI scan myself. For medical and not for marketing purposes. It was an other worldly, claustrophobic...
From The Noisy Channel
Paul Adams
This presentation by Paul Adams, lead for User Research for Social at Google, has been making the rounds in the blogosphere. It’s long (over 200 slides!) but well...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Comfortable Biosensors
In Kruzweil: EEG Biosensors that are comfortable enough to wear all the time. This could lead to many more analyses of 'base' conditions for neuromarketing studies...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Visual Programming Languages
There seem to be a growing number of visual programming languages available these days. Kodu (below) is for creating games by younger people. It
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bluespring Software Delivers Business Processes
I had a very informative meeting with Bluespring Software today. A very impressive company which uses Visio and Office to deliver business process modeling via...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Unilever Ice Cream Smile Machine
In StoreFrontBackTalk: " ... Even for an ice cream story, you can
From The Eponymous Pickle
Frontiers of Collaboration
Detailed piece that is interesting, but a tough thing to predict:In Knowledge@Wharton: Frontier of Collaboration:The Evolution of Social Networking Social networking...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Negative Social Stereotypes and Deep Learning
The next chapter to cover in my series of reflections on Ken Bain's What the Best College Teachers Do (started here and here) is on what teachers expect of their...
From Schneier on Security
The Threat of Cyberwar Has Been Grossly Exaggerated
There's a power struggle going on in the U.S. government right now. It's about who is in charge of cyber security, and how much control the government will exert...
From Putting People First
Habitar
Today I received the catalogue of the Habitar exhibition, organised by LABoral Art and Industrial Creation Centre, an exhibition centre for art, science, technology...
From Schneier on Security
"Don't Commit Crime"
This sign is from a gas station in the U.K. My first reaction was to laugh, but then I started thinking about it. We know that signs like "No Shoplifting"...
From Computational Complexity
Drowning in Data
At a CCC Council meeting last week, a common theme emerged. The Army is "swimming with sensors and drowning in data". Biologists are considering trashing some of...
From Wild WebMink
? Join Me At Open World Forum
The conference landscape evolves constantly. Old events pass away, new ones arrive and it’s good to get pointers to know what’s worthwhile. I can recommend this...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Lego Robotics
Learing the scientific method through Lego Robotics. Making the point that simple rules can lead to complex behavior. Now when shown complex behavior can we determine...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Gas vs Stamps vs CPI
MJ Perry does a good job of comparing the US price of postage stamps, vs Gasoline, versus the Consumer Price Index. Very telling about the increasing lack of efficiency...
From The Noisy Channel
Beyond Social Currency
A research study I like enough to have blogged about it a few times is Princeton sociologist
From The Eponymous Pickle